Ayesha Dharker

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The Terrorist review by from Reading

gorgeous actress dim thriller 18 July 2004
...I expected to enjoy this movie but was so disappointed. Ayesha Dharker is luminous on screen and the director rightly wants to do as many close up shots of her as possible. F... Read customer review

Anita And Me review by A customer from Cardiff , Wales

A rich, funny and poignant journey of self-discovery 30 September 2005
... Meena (Chandeep Uppal) is the spirited 12-year-old daughter of Indian parents (Ayesha Dharker and Sanjeev Bhaskar), who live in the small English mining village of Tollingto... Read customer review

The Indian Doctor (2 discs) on DVD (2010)
Starring: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ayesha Dharker, Mark Williams
Director: Deep Sehgal, Tim Whitby
Certificate:
The life of a South Wales mining village is changed for ever when a doctor and his wife arrive from the Indian sub-continent in the Sixties.

72% from 153 members

Mad, Sad & Bad on DVD (2009)
Starring: Meera Syal, Nitin Ganatra, Zubin Varla
Director: Avie Luthra
Certificate:
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Atul is a sitcom writer who despises the work that everybody else loves. Rashmi lives at home with her mother, craving a life of her own but dreading all that goes with it. And Hardeep is a psychiatrist who can diagnose everyone's problems but his own.

48% from 335 members

Outsourced on DVD (2006)
Starring: Ayesha Dharker, Josh Hamilton, Larry Pine
Director: John Jeffcoat
Certificate:
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Outsourced is a modern day comedy of cross-cultural conflict and romance. Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton) spends his days managing a customer call centre in Seattle until his job, along with those of the entire office, are outsourced to India. Adding insult to injury, Todd must travel to India to ..read more »

71% from 424 members

Mistress Of Spices on DVD (2005)
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Anupam Kher
Director: Paul Mayeda Berges
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Adapted from the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the story revolves around a South Asian woman who runs a spice shop in San Francisco and cures people with her mysterious powders. When a lonely American wanders in, she falls in love but loses her magical touch.

53% from 5,646 members

Anita And Me on DVD (2002)
Starring: Max Beesley, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kathy Burke
Director: Metin Huseyin
Certificate:
ANITA & ME is a charming, comic look back at the 1970s based on the autobiographical novel by Meera Syal, who also stars in the film as her own aunt. Set in 1972, Meena is a twelve year old girl born to Indian parents whose life is turned upside down when she befriends an outrageous fourteen year ..read more »

59% from 2,852 members

The Mystic Masseur on DVD (2001)
Starring: Om Puri, Aasif Mandvi, James Fox
Director: Ismail Merchant
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THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is a delightfully warm, funny drama about Ganesh (Assif Mandvi), an ethnic Indian living in Trinidad. While working as a teacher in Port of Spain, Ganesh learns of his father's death. After returning home to his country village for the funeral, he decides to stay and write books. ..read more »

49% from 186 members

The Terrorist on DVD (1998)
Starring: Ayesha Dharker, Bhanu Prakash, Vishnu Vardhan
Director: Santosh Sivan
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American actor John Malkovich was so impressed by Santosh Sivan's striking directorial debut that he personally made sure the film was released in the United States. THE TERRORIST tells the story of Malli (Ayesha Dharker), a 19 year-old Sri Lankan girl who is overjoyed to be hand picked for a ..read more »

60% from 444 members

Saaz on DVD
Starring: Aruna Irani, Ayesha Dharker, Parikshit Sahani
Director: Sai Paranjpye
Certificate:
Mansi and Bansi are two daughters of renowed singer, Vrundavan. After the death of their mother, the entire responsiblity of the household falls upon Mansi. She focuses on her career in singing and becomes an accomplished and famous singer. However, when Bansi also excels in singing, Mansi feels ..read more »

49% from 10 members

The Indian Doctor - 3.5 stars
Mad, Sad & Bad - 2.5 stars
Outsourced - 3.5 stars
Mistress Of Spices - 2.5 stars
Anita And Me - 3.0 stars

The Indian Doctor - 3.5 stars
Outsourced - 3.5 stars
The Terrorist - 3.0 stars
Anita And Me - 3.0 stars
Mistress Of Spices - 2.5 stars

Saaz - 2.5 stars
Mad, Sad & Bad - 2.5 stars
The Mystic Masseur - 2.5 stars
Mistress Of Spices - 2.5 stars
Anita And Me - 3.0 stars

Sanjeev Bhaskar - 5 times - show films
Meera Syal - 4 times - show films
Mali Harries - 3 times - show films
Nitin Ganatra - 3 times - show films
Alexander Vlahos - 3 times - show films

Avie Luthra - 3 times - show films
Deep Sehgal - 3 times - show films
Tim Whitby - 3 times - show films
John Jeffcoat - 2 times - show films
Ismail Merchant - 1 times - show films